Unfortunately, Ohio voters pass ballot issue #2 in favor of
animal agriculture. Backed by the Ohio Farm Bureau, the amendment
was a pre-emptive strike against the Humane Society of the United
States, which wants farmers to change the living conditions for
laying hens, veal calves and breeding pigs to allow the animals to
stand, sit, spread their appendages and turn around. Wayne Pacelle,
the U.S. Humane Society's president and chief executive, said the
farm bureau and other agribusiness lobbying groups pushed for the
measure to block true reform. To read the full article please search
online for State Issues Pass

Profit trumps compassion in many cases, such as the above. Maybe
if more people knew about the true nature of factory farming the
results would have been different. It's not until we expand our
circle of compassion to all creatures that we are actively
participating in the reconciliation of God's Creation.